Patricia Bauman is President of the Bauman Foundation. In recent years, the Foundation has supported civic participation through general support of organizations engaged in voter registration and outreach and election protection. She has also led policy efforts to foster public access to government information. She is also a real estate investor, and is active as a donor to Democratic candidates. She is a Vice-Chair of the Natural Resources Defense Council and serves of the boards of Montefiore Medical Center in New York, the Beldon Fund, and the Trust for America 's Health. Patricia is a graduate of Radcliffe/Harvard College, Columbia University School of Public Health, and Georgetown University Law Center.